ひとかけら

noun

fragment; piece; tiny bit

Refers to a small broken-off piece of something physical, or metaphorically a tiny amount of something abstract like emotion or truth.

• ガラスのひとかけらが床ゆかに落おちていた。

  A fragment of glass had fallen on the floor.

• 彼かれの話はなしには真しん実じつのひとかけらもなかった。

  There wasn't even a shred of truth in his story.